Marcel Plichta
@plichta_marcel
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PhD Candidate @univofstandrews. Former DoD analyst. Write on drones & Wagner. Words in FP, Telegraph, & others. I teach intel at: https://t.co/pLyRaQuMa1
Joined August 2021
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RT @UKDefJournal: The petition has found particular momentum in Scottish urban constituencies.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
The petition has found particular momentum in Scottish urban constituencies.
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The war in Ukraine has really shown how useless Quincy and RS are
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"northern Yemen—where the Houthi movement is concentrated—presents a rugged and fortified landscape that poses formidable challenges to intelligence collection".
The Houthi security structure is decentralized, highly secretive, and reliant on separate cells that only communicate through primitive methods that are difficult to spy on. #south24.
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It's deeply unfortunate that Touadera has spent his presidency harming democracy in CAR by removing his term limits and going at the judiciary.
Centrafrique: le parti au pouvoir désigne Faustin-Archange Touadéra pour briguer nouveau mandat
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Why it's good to follow Yemeni sources 101:.
▪️مسؤول أمني يمني ملاحي: .دورية بحرية يمنية اشتبهت بسفينة قادمة من القرن الإفريقي لم تشغل جهاز التعرف الـ ais . ▪️مسؤول أمني يمني ملاحي: الدورية البحرية أطلقت السفينة بعد الاشتباه بها واعتراضها قرب باب المندب.#قناة_الجمهورية.#أخبار_اليمن.#yemen
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RT @alsahilnet: مقتطفات توثّق لحظة تفريغ ونقل الأسلحة الإيرانية من شحنة تم ضبطها قبل وصولها إلى مليشيا الحوثي، خلال عملية نوعية نفذتها قوة….
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And naturally, those interceptions are not costless either. @RossiterAsh and I wrote about how defeating OWA drone attack poses a dilemma for defenders last year:
tandfonline.com
When considering drones’ impact on modern conflict, strategic studies scholars typically focus on the most sophisticated systems in states’ arsenals: costly and hard-to-acquire military drones, whi...
As a result of large-scale increase in OWA drone salvos in recent months, "Ukrainian air force data suggests about 15 percent of the drones penetrated defences on average between April and June — rising from just 5 per cent in the previous three months." .
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The size of Shahed attacks will grow for the duration of the war.
Russia has revealed the scale of its Shahed production—entire factory halls in Alabuga are dedicated to mass-producing Shahed/Geran-2 clones. This comes on the same day a German general warned that Russia aims to launch up to 2,000 drones at Ukraine simultaneously.
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And now a target just last night:
Overnight drone attacks targeted Moscow region and other areas in Russia. Air defense systems were active.
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RT @IbrahimJalalYE: New @NRFYemen footage shows a reported 750-ton 🇮🇷 arms shipment seized in the Red Sea — packed with missile/drone syste….
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RT @BashaReport: Yemen’s @nrfyemen releases new footage of the interception of a vessel smuggling Iranian weapons to the Houthis in the Red….
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RT @IbrahimJalalYE: 6/ The operation was intelligence-led. Its success suggests possible multilateral ISR coordination, with @nrfyemen’s na….
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RT @NickJBrumfield: Is the US-Houthi truce over? . What is Israel's endgame in the Red Sea? . Why did the Houthis decide to mint new curr….
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RT @WarInstitute: "Regardless of their emerging record of dubious utility in rectifying security threats, African nations have doubled down….
mwi.westpoint.edu
In Mali, rebel Tuareg forces sifted through the wreckage of a Turkish-supplied drone on the night of April 1. The platform, a Bayraktar Akinci surveillance drone operated by Malian armed forces, had...
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RT @BashaReport: Just finished the thread!.12 posts .For details not in the public sphere read my report in substack . .
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RT @BashaReport: Content of of the @nrfyemen seizure of Iranian arms headed to the Houthis. @fab_hinz @CalibreObscura @CovertShores @obreti….
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For instance, in Dec 2022 CENTCOM reported seizing 260 Tons, most of which was precursor chemicals and not arms
centcom.mil
TAMPA, Fla. – U.S. Central Command supported a maritime interdiction last month that resulted in the seizure by partner naval forces of weapons that originated in Iran and were bound for Yemen.The
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After all, Moscow has been a target in one way or another for years:
bbc.co.uk
If Moscow's claims of an assassination attempt are accurate, then its air defences publicly failed.
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